Dance movement therapy, a creative psychotherapeutic approach.
Author: Meekums, Bonnie Published: 2002 A concise practical introduction to a form of therapy which has the body-mind relationship at its core. Movement, with both its physical and metaphorical potential, provides a unique medium through which clients can find expression, reach new interpretations, and ultimately achieve a greater integration of their emotional, cognitive and physical experience. Bonnie Meekums maps the origins of dance movement therapy and demonstrates its relationship to other more traditional forms of therapy. Outlining her own model for dance movement therapy she describes the creative psychotherapeutic process which develops throughout each session and over the course of therapy. |